University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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of footy ! the high ' -priorities ds. In the of the portrayed K meant, a ; who com- : art ensitn. eUniversi- known as I WCal - . Weisenberger Darkroom Technician, Dan DeVries is in the Engineering School and has been a member of the Michiganensian for two years. Photography Editor, Jean Weisenberger is a senior in the Art School. .student! ; -D. Cat Staff artists, Gabi Boros and Sue Zavela, spiced up the book with illustrations in their rookie years. Photography staff includes (Back Row, Left to right) Gary Silverstein, Lee Waldrep, Cynthia Car- ris, Mort Cohn, Rick Trosch. Second Row: Heather Ross, Anne DeSantis. Front Row: Kevin Ashby, Chris Lorenzetti, Bryan Hubbell, Andrea Wollensak. Michiganensian 273

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The Michigan-Ensian: Swords Or Scribes? When I was a freshman, I walked onto the staff starry-eyed and obliv- ious to the true meaning of the word Ensian . Not until my sophomore year did I begin to question what the three syllable suffix appended to the word Michigan actually meant. At first glance, it seemed to be an arbitrary selection of vowels and con- sonents. Eezian, what the hell is that? At second glance, I noticed the n and the word Michiganensian (pro- nounced N-C-N) tumbled from my lips with the same skepticism. Near the end of my second year on the staff, it was suggested that we try to find out where that name came from, getting involved in the romance of a Haley ' an search for out roots. We found that the publication was the con- solidation of annuals and registers for various colleges and secret societies within the University. At the time, the students decided to compile all the in- formation of these publications into one volume. Originally, the book was simply an ensemble of oval portraits, capturing nearly every soul on campus. But as the years progressed, the staffs began to include photographs and stories of the events and activities central to student life. Each book was a capsule of a given space in time for the University, con- veying not only the scores of football games and the names of the high achievers, but also the values, priorities and perspectives of the student body which produced the records. In the process of covering the whole of the University, the students portrayed themselves. Ideally, Ensian would have meant, a forum of literature, or one who com- poses literature: a scribe, an ensign. However, Ensian actually indicates a sword. Thus, through a typographical error eighty-six years ago, the Universi- ties yearbook came to be known as the sword of Michigan. M David Gal i- ' lroom Ie 272 Michiganensian Editor-in-Chief, David Gal, an honors student in Computer Science, was stricken with four years of MICHIGANENSIAN ' tsm.

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-C- Lorenzctti Academics Editor, Eric Borsum is a senior in Arts Editor, Susan Blackman is a senior in Political Communications and has been a member of the Science and has been on the Michiganensian staff Michiganensian for three years. for three years. Layout Editor, Bob Gerber is a sophomore Hon- ors Political Science student and has been a Sports Editor, Jeff Schrier, is a junior in the Engineering School and has been a member of the Michigan-1 member of the Michiganensian for two years. ensian for three years. -D. DeVries -D. DeVries